diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
index bd0b95073c5..77d96053e94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
@@ -1378,6 +1378,18 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  go-shellwords = buildGoPackage rec {
+    rev = "35d512af75e283aae4ca1fc3d44b159ed66189a4";
+    name = "go-shellwords-${rev}";
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/junegunn/go-shellwords";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      inherit rev;
+      owner = "junegunn";
+      repo = "go-shellwords";
+      sha256 = "c792abe5fda48d0dfbdc32a84edb86d884a0ccbd9ed49ad48a30cda5ba028a22";
+    };
+  };
+
   go-runit = buildGoPackage rec {
     rev = "a9148323a615e2e1c93b7a9893914a360b4945c8";
     name = "go-runit-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";